Virtual Reality

Spin, tilt, zoom and compare these 3D worlds and objects.
Put a planet at your fingertips!

VR Worlds

Mercury, MESSENGER spacecraft image July 18, 2013 enhanced to show chemical, mineralogical, and physical surface differences
Mercury, color enhanced MESSENGER spacecraft image July 18, 2013
Moon with Apollo landing sites
Moon with Apollo landing sites
VR Mars 1896, from Illustration by Lucien Rudaux
Mars 1896, from Illustration by Lucien Rudaux
VR Mars from 1976 Viking and 2001 MGS maps, compare with Rudaux's 1896
Mars from 1976 Viking and 2001 MGS maps, compare with Rudaux's 1896
7 Small Planetoids Compared
7 Small Planetoids Compared
asteroid 101955 Bennu
asteroid 101955 Bennu
Asteroid 4 Vesta, model from NASA 3D Printable Archives, https://science.nasa.gov/3d-resources/asteroid-4-vesta-a/
asteroid 4 Vesta, with features labeled
asteroid 99942 Apophis
asteroid 99942 Apophis
Io 3D, map by John van Vliet
Io, 1st Galilean moon of Jupiter
Europa 3D
Europa, 2nd Galilean moon
Ganymede 3D
Ganymede, 3rd Galilean moon
Callisto3D, maps by John van Vliet
Callisto. 4th Galilean moon
VR Saturn 1899 illustration by Rudaux
Saturn 1899 illustration by Rudaux
Enceladus 3D
Enceladus, inner moon of Saturn
radar Titan 3D
Titan, largest moon of Saturn
Hyperion, irregular moon of Saturn
Hyperion, irregular moon of Saturn
Iapetus 3D
Iapetus, largest outer moon of Saturn
Miranda, 3D Model from NASA
Miranda, moon of Uranus (NASA)
Miranda, from 3D Asteroid Catalogue
Miranda (3D Asteroid Catalogue)
Triton, map by Steve Albers
Triton, map by Albers
Triton, map by P. Schenk
Triton, map by Schenk
VR Pluto, from New Horizons
VR Pluto, from New Horizons
VR Charon, largest moon of Pluto
Charon, largest moon of Pluto

VR Objects

VR Centaur D rocket upper stage, lost in 1966, recovered in 2020
VR Centaur D rocket upper stage
Sun, Earth and Jupiter viewed by extraterresrials with the transit method on January 10, 2026.
Sun, Earth and Jupiter viewed by extraterresrials with the transit method on January 10, 2026.

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